Meantime all that the public can learn regarding his political and
military career will be eagerly examined.
TALES OF A WAY-SIDE INN. By HENRY WADSWORTH
LONGFELLOW. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. For sale by D. Appleton
& Co., New York.
The mere announcement of a new book by H. W. Longfellow, is sufficient
to secure for it the attention of all who read or love poetry. Long
before the critic can pronounce upon its merits, it will be found in the
hands of thousands. Longfellow is perhaps the most popular among
American poets. His rhythm is always varied and musical, his diction in
good taste, his treatment ever adapted to the subject he has in hand. If
he seldom strikes the deepest chords of being, his touch is always
true, tender, and sympathetic. 'The Birds of Killingworth' is full of
beauty. If the 'Tale of a Poet,' it is also a song of the sage. The
'Children's Hour' is charming in its home love and naive grace.
'Weariness' is simple as a child's song, but full of natural and true
pathos. Let it pleasure our poet that in this sweet, sad chant of his,
he has the warm sympathies of his fellow men. Let him not weary thinking
of the task yet before the 'little feet,' but rather rejoice in the
sunshine he has himself been able to throw o'er the path in which the
'little feet' must walk.
THE THOUGHTS OF THE EMPEROR M. AURELIUS ANTONINUS.
Translated by GEORGE LONG.
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